Andrew K Clarke
Andrew K Clarke is a Suffolk-based artist, born in Ipswich, who studied graphic design and illustration at Colchester School of Art and Norwich School of Art, graduating with a B.A. (Hons) in 1984. He ran his own graphic design business for over 25 years before returning to watercolour painting in 2017.
Andrew depicts the landscapes and seascapes of Suffolk and Essex, working in watercolour and mixed media collages constructed from cut and assembled textured paper. He is a member of Colchester Art Society and lives and works in a village in Suffolk, and has exhibited throughout East Anglia.
Artist Statement
I love painting the coastline, creeks and estuaries and landscapes of Suffolk and Essex, a constant source of inspiration, delight and fascination. Although not the easiest of mediums to use, I find part of the charm of watercolour is in its unpredictability and how it will ebb and flow across the paper.
Through my paintings and collages I aim to capture not only the physical character of the landscape, but also the feeling of being within it, its rhythms, its history and its enduring capacity to restore, inspire and remind us of our connection to the natural world.